Washing-machine



(No Model.)

D. SHAW sa J. M. MILLER.

WASHINGy MAoHlNB.

` Patented May 9,1893.`

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DAVID SHAW AND J OSIAH M. MILLER, OF UNION, OHIO.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 496,910, dated May 9,1893.

Application led April 26, 1892. Serial No.430.710 (No model.) v

To a/ZZ whom t mag/concern: v

Be it known that we, DAVID SHAW and JO- SIAH M. MILLER, citizens of theUnited States, residingat Union,in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which thefollowing is aspecitication.

This invention relates to improvements in washing machines.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive washing machine adapted to be operated with the expenditureof but little force and capable of thoroughly cleansing clothes andremoving dirt and stains. The invention consists in the construction andnovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claimshereto appended.

In the draWings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing machineembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the castings of thepivoted presser and rubber. Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of thecurved end bars of the sliding presser. Fig. 5 is a detail sectionalview. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the slats.

Referringto the accompanying drawings, 1

vdesignates a washing machine body supported by legs 2, and havingsecured to the inner faces of opposite sides 3, near one end of thebody, bearings 4 which are open and receive journals 5 of end castings6, of a pivoted presser and rubber 7. The pi voted presser and rubber 7co-operates with a sliding presser 8, and these parts squeeze clothesbetween them press out the water, suds and dirt and thoroughly clean theclothes. The pivoted rubber and presser is approximatelysemi-cylindrical and presents its convex surface to the clothes andexerts a rubbing action on them before clamping them and pressing thembetween it and the sliding presser 8, and it is composed of a series ofslats 9, which are secured to the castings 6. The casting 6 consists ofa curved barlO and aspider 11 formed integral with the curved bar andbracing the same, and the casting 6 is provided at one end with a socket12. The curved bars are provided With a series of transverse flanges 13between which the slats are secured, and they are provided with a seriesof longitudinally disposed tenons 14 which engage slot-s or mortises 15`of the slats 9. The slats 9 are arranged at intervals and havesufficient space between them to permit the passage of water, suds anddirt forced out of the clothes. The journals 5 of the castings arearranged in the bearings 4 and are secured therein by blocks 16 arrangedon the inner faces of the sides of the Washing machine body opposite theopenings or mouths of the bearings.

The sliding presser 8 is constructed similarly to the pivoted presserand rubber, and

consists of a series of slats 17 arranged atinv tervals and having theirends secured to curved end bars 18, which are connected by rods 33 andwhich are provided with Iianges 19. and tenons 20 to engage mortises 21ot' the slats 17. The end bars are provided in their outer faces withrecesses 22, which receiveconnecting bars 23. One end of each bar 23 ispivoted to a casting of the presser and rubber 7, and is provided with aseries of adjusting perforations 24 and the other end is pivoted to theend bars 18 at the recesses 22. The connecting bars are arched at themiddle to prevent clothes being caught in them and being torn. Thepresser 8 slides upon track-bars 31 and the end bars 18 are providedwith lugs 32, which rest upon the track bars. The castings 6 of therubber and presser 7 are connected by rods 27 which prevent the castingsbecoming separated from the slats. The sockets 12 receive the inner endsof side bars 28 of a handle 29 which is formed by the side bars and across-bar 30. The side bars 28 are sigmoidal and they form continuationsof the curves of the castings 6, and their inner ends are secured in thesockets by bolts.

It will be seen that the washing machine, is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, strong and durable and capable of thoroughly cleansingclothes withoutv injuring the fabrics.

The ends of the connecting bars 23 having perforations are pivoted tothecastings above vthe pivotal point of the latter, whereby when the handleis oscillated, the presser and rubber 7 and the presser 8 will bebrought together and separated to clamp and release clothes. Theadjusting perforations enable IOO the pressure on the clothes to beregulated as they enable the presser and rubber 7, and the presser 8 tobe brought closer together or moved farther apart at the end of a strokewhen the clamping or squeezing is done. What We claim is- Thecombination of the body provided at opposite sides with horizontal trackbars, the combined presser and rubber 7 comprising the segmentalcastings provided at their upper ends with sockets and the slats havingtheir ends secured to the bars and presenting a convex outer face, thepresser 8 mounted on the track bars and composed of curved end bars andslats secured to the end bars, the transverse rods 27 connecting thecastings of the combined rubber and presser 7, and the transverse rods33 connecting the curved end bars of the presser 8 and causing the saidparts to clamp their ,respective slats, the han- 2o DAVID SHAW. JOSIAHM. MILLER. Witnesses:

G. A. SLONAKER, WM. A. WEST.

